Poultry feeding trough



July 15; 1 930. JONES 1,770,754

POULTRY FEEDING TROUG H Filed March 21, 1928 AVE/v70? /5 M.

20 food trough.

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Paten ted July 15, 1930 2 UNITED CSTATCESS'PATENT ROY E. JONES, FSTORES, CONNECTICUT" QFFIC rour'rny FEEDING 'rnoueH- j Applicationfiled] March 21,; 1923. Serial 1101263367.

My invention relatesto the class of devices employed for storing and forsupply- 1 mg in proper amounts feeding material more especially forpoultry, and. an object of my invention, among others, is to. provide astructure by means of which the necessary amounts of feed may.besupplied and at the" same time having means to preventthe' fowls fromwasting said feed by scattering it about; and a further object of theinvention is to provide a structure that may be readily ,adjusted tosuit the requirements as to chick-V ens or fowls of different sizes; I

One form of structure embodying my inn. 5 vention and in theconstruction andxuse of;

which the objects herein set out, as well asothers, may be attained, isillustrated in the,

accompanying drawings, in which- Flgure 1 1s an end.

Figure 2 is a view cross section through i V Figured is an isometricview of thesame,

' My improved device comprises a- 'support located: ateach end of-thestructure, each support including abase'5 and an upright 6;

the latter, preferably comprising legs? se: is cured attheir lower endsto-thebase andin- I 5 to end of the structure, and being spaced? apartat the back portions thereof, the bot tom of the house being inclined inopposite directionsinto said chutes, as shownin Figure 2 of thedrawings, 'A- roof 10c prefer-c f ably of A shape isattached-finanysuitable,

ends of the house to is narrower than the v to thewidth of the manner tothe end. walls and to the front walls 11. K

Troughs 12 are attached to the structure in position to underlie theopenings at the bottomof the chutes 9, and as shown in Figure2. Thesetroughsare pivotally attached at their ends toJthe ends 13 troughs beingslightly longer'than the house of the house, the

sothat the chutes 9 will be received between end-walls 14 of thetroughs, said end walls,

however, being located "close enough to the afford substantially asliding fit.- I It will be understood that a [trough is provided foreachof the chutes 9 and'v these troughs are site ends asat l5.

vpivoted at their oppoa -Thebottoms 16 of'the troughs are curved more orless irregularlybut in such manner view of my improved that openingsl'Zbctween the bottom of each trough and the lower front edge of thechute 9' will decrease inwidth as the trough is trated in Figure 2, inwhich it will'be noted 7 that ,-saidopening717 at the left of the figurelike opening 17 at the IiglltLiOf the figure, said-trough at the leftbeing swung farther back than the trough at the right."

lswung backwardly on its pivot, and as illus- 7 When the troughs areswungforward to I their farthest extent,'as shown atthe right inFigureQof the drawings, they willhave the greatest width, thusaaccommodating fowlsioflarger. size andthe opening 17 will also be ofits greatest width to correspond trough. When, however,;;

a trough is swunggbackwardlyf from this position its upper front 'edge18 will'be 10 rated nearer the ground, thus accommodatingrfowlof'thesmal'lersize, as chicks'and the like, andcorrespondinglythe'opening 17 will:

be'na'rrowedto correspond with the narrowed.

trough. 1

1 ,Hoods' 19- arelpivotally attached a t-their upper,,edges to the"front walls 11 of the" :house by inea'nsof hii1gess19f, and as "shown.

in Figures 1 and 3' of.

the drawings, these hoods being,

located underneath theeaves of the r0015 10 and close enoughto-themouths V of theti'oughs'topreventthe fowls orv chicks i from-standing onthe edgesiof the troughs.

pivots 15. These shields are of'a width and length to cover the openingsbetween the chutes 9 and thus prevent the entrance of rainor snow intothe back parts of the troughs between the chutes. Y

It will be seen that my improved feeding device provides a trough thatmay be readily I adjusted as to width to accommodate. fo wls ofdifferent sizes and that the openings from the chutes into said troughwill be automatically graduated as to width in proportion to.

thewidth of said troughs. Further than this means, as the hoodsll areprovided not only to cover the troughs .and thus protect the containedgrain from rain or the like, but it also-prevents the fowls fromstanding'upon the edges of the troughs or withinv the troughs.

' upon the edge of the trough or by throwing 40'. -.J patent statutes 1have descrlbed. the pr1nciples of operation of my nvention, togetherwith the device which i now consider to rep it out with their beaks.

By hinging the hoods separately of the arms 20, as hereinbeforeexplained, they may be raised independently ofthe troughs as for thepurpose of placing feed directly in the front of said troughs, for

cleaning, or for any other desired purpose.

In accordance 'with'the provisions of the resent the best embodimentthereof; but I desire V to have it understood that the device shownisonly illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by othermeans and applied to uses other than those. above set,

out. 1

. I claim 1 Apoultry feeding device with an open-v ing at the bottomthereof, and a trough pivotally mounted to underlie said opening and 'Ihaving end walls between; which the ends of r said device are located,thebottom of the trough being curved across said opening and on lines toeffect widening of the space between the lower edge-of said opening andthe bottom of the trough in proportion to the widening of thefeedingopening to the trough in front of the device and vice-versa.

said chute and having end walls and a curved It also prevents wasting ofthe grain by the fowls, either when standing 7 in the width of thebottom, the lower end of the chute projecting into said trough, saidbottom being curved to vary the width of the opening between the bottomedge of the chute and the bottom of the-trough in proportion to'thevarying in width of the feeding opening in said trough asit is swungonits pivot. v

, 3. A poultry feed-'ng device including a house, chutes extending fromend to end of the houseat oppositesides thereof and spaced apart, saidtroughs having curved bottoms and end walls, said troughs beingpivotally attached tosaid chutes and said chutes projecting into saidtroughs, the back edges of the troughs swinging into the space betweenthe chutes when the troughs are swungbackwardly and the bottoms of thetroughs being curved on lines to vary the width of the space between thebottom edgesof the chutes and the bottoms of the troughs in proportionto the varying of the width of the feeding openings of the troughs infrontof the chutes.

a. A poultry feeding device including a house, standards secured at eachend of :the house, means for adj usting the position of the housevertically on the standards, and trough underlying an opening inthe-bottom of the house, said'trough being pivotally mounted and havingits bottom curved to. provide a variation in the width of the openingbetween the bottom edge. of the house and the bottom of the trough'inproportion to the variation feeding opening. in front ofthehouse. 1 ll5. AJpoultry feeding device including a house having anopening in thebottom there-.

of, aftrough pivotally attached to the house to underlie said openingand-toxprovide a spacefonfeed in front of the house, ajhood pivotallyattached to the house overlying said trough, andxa connection: betweensaid pivotal movement of both.

jhouse-having an opening inthe bottom thereof,v a troughpivotallyattached to the house to underlie said opening and to provide areceptacle for feed. in front of the, house, a

4 'hoodpivotally attached to the house overlying said trough, andmeansfor swinging a said'hood with the trough but being inoperative toprevent independent movement of the hood.

7/21 poultry feeding deviceincluding a l1ouse having a dischargeopening, a trough p votally attached to the house to recelve feed fromsaid opening, means pivotally attached to the, house to overlie saidtrough, and a connection; between said means and said trough to efiectsimultaneous pivotal movement ofboth.j. 5 1 I i SL-A poultry feedingdevice including a house having an opening int-he bottom thereof,"atroughjpivotally"attached to the house 'to'*underlie said opening'a-ndtoprovide a hood and-said-trough to. efiect simultaneous v space for feedin front of the house, a hood pivotally attached to the house to overliesaid trough, anda connection between said hood and said trough to effectsimultaneous pivotal movement of both, said connection including apivoted arm operatively con- I nected to the trough and underlying thehood but being unattachedto the latter, whereby the hood maybemoved'upwardly away from the arm Without affecting the position of thetrough. V

ROY E. JONES;

